International Conference on Catalysis and Pyrolysis 2018 (ICCP-2018) November 05-06, 2018 | San Francisco, California, USA

Martin G. Bakker is Associate Professor of Chemistry at The University of Alabama, with expertise in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, surfactant aggregation on surfaces and in solution, block copolymer thin films, self-assembly of porous materials, and catalysis. After participating in NSF’s I-Corps Innovation program he went on to co-found ThruPore Technologies which has won Phase I, Ib and Phase II SBIR funding from NSF. The focus of his current research is development of hierarchically porous materials for catalysis, energy storage and separations.

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, surfactant aggregation on surfaces and in solution, block copolymer thin films, self-assembly of porous materials, and catalysis.

Dr. Navanietha Krishnaraj is a Research Scientist in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD. His research activities are focused on nanobiotechnology, biosensors and bioelectronics. In 2016, he received prestigious Bioenergy-Award for Cutting Edge Research. In 2017, he received the Indo-Australian Overseas Award. He received Young Faculty Award in Chemical Engineering for his outstanding accomplishments in teaching and research. He has been PI/Co-I for 4 research grants supported by National and International agencies. He has edited 3 books, authored 10 book chapters, 25 research articles and filed a patent. He is the active member of several professional societies and associate editor/editorial board member for few reputed journals.

His research activities are focused on nanobiotechnology, biosensors and bioelectronics.

Jacques C. Védrine was born in Lyon, France. He received a chemical engineering degree in 1962 from the “Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon” (now CPE Lyon). He received his PhD degree in 1968 from the University of Lyon. In 1988 he became deputy director of IRC up to 1998. and 1998 he moved to the University of Liverpool in the UK as Professor of the Chemistry Department, Deputy Director of the “Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis (LCIC)” He moved back to France in 2003 and joined the “Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface de l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie”, where he is working currently. He has expertise in heterogeneous catalysis and physical techniques of characterization and has been expert in many national and international agencies, industries and chemical societies (EFCATS, SFC).

He has expertise in heterogeneous catalysis and physical techniques of characterization and has been expert in many national and international agencies, industries and chemical societies (EFCATS, SFC).

Dr Koltover, Vitaly Kimovich is Chief Researcher (Principal Investigator) in Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCP RAS) Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia. He completed Master Degree – Physics in 1966 from National Taras Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine and Ph. D. from the Institute of Chemical Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow . He worked as research fellow in Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine (fSU) from 1966 (Sep.) – 1968 (Nov). In 1972– present: junior scientist, senior scientist, leading scientist, chief researcher, at the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences (former Branch of the Institute of Chemical Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences), Chernogolovka, Moscow Region

Present: EPR spectroscopy, spin labels, biological membranes, bioenergetics, free radicals and antioxidants, aging, reliability (robustness) of biological systems, bio-reliability, stable magnetic isotopes, nuclear spin catalysis, chemical bionics.

Dr. Ram Gupta joined Pittsburg State University as an Assistant Professor in 2013. Before joining to Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research focuses on green energy production and storage using conducting polymers and composites, nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, bio-based polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta published over 160 peer-reviewed journal articles, made over 150 national/international/regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, and received over 1 million dollars for research and educational activities from external agencies such as NSF, DoE, KINBRE. He is serving as Associate Editor and editorial board member for various journals.

Dr. Gupta’s research focuses on green energy production and storage using conducting polymers and composites, nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, bio-based polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, bio-degradable metallic implants.

Sujitra Wongkasemjit received BS from chulalongkorn university Thailand, MS from Rochester Inst. of Tech, U.S.A and PhD degrees from Weat Virgin University, USA. She is currently working at Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand since Dec’89. Received 40 Research grants from many organizations as Royal Thai Government, Thailand Research Fund, Chulalongkorn University, National Nanotechnology Center, The Asahi Glass Foundation, and Outstanding Faculty Award from Chulalongkorn University, Outstanding Research Project Award from Thailand Research Fund, Senate of Thailand, and National Research Council. She has written 2 books and Published 150 papers in international peer review journals and presented almost 200 research works in international conferences. Research field in Catalysis and renewable energy. Appointed as a distinguished standing member with an honorary appointment to the Research Board of Advisors for the American Biographical Institute, Member of Women Science Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society and Scientific Committee of the POLYCHAR World Forum on Advanced Materials.

Synthesis and Applications of organometallic compounds

Kimihisa Yamamoto received PhD degrees from Waseda University in Polymer Chemistry in 1990. He joined the Department of Chemistry at Keio University from 1997 as professor. Currently, he is a professor in Tokyo Institute of Technology since 2010. His present research interests are in developing supra-metallomolecules for nanosynthesizers involving nanoparticles, subnanoparticles and superatoms.

His present research interests are in developing supra-metallomolecules for nanosynthesizers involving nanoparticles, subnanoparticles and superatoms.

Prof. Dong-Qing Wei is a professor of bioinformatics in the Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University and editor-in-Chief of Interdisciplinary Sciences- Computational Life Sciences. Prof. Wei’s research is in the general field of bioinformatics with more than 250 journal papers, 9 monographs with 5000 SCI citations and an H factor of 47. Prof. Wei is best known for contributions to the development of molecular simulation tools and statistical models with applications to a wide range of chemical, physical and biological systems, from electrolytes, to polar liquids, to ferroelectric liquid crystals, to combined Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical (QM/MM) systems, to membrane proteins and protein-ligand and protein-protein complexes applied to computer aided drug design.

computer aided drug design

Prof. Hyoyoung Lee has completed his PhD at Department of Chemistry, University of Mississippi, USA in 1997. He did his postdoctoral studies at North Carolina State University. He worked at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and then moved to Dept. of chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University as a full professor. He served as a director of National Creative Research Initiatives. Currently, he has served as an associate director of Centre for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute of Basic Science. His current research area is 0-2D semiconducting materials and their devices. He has written more than 140 journal articles in top-tier journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of scientific reports.

semiconducting catalyst materials

Dr. Raksh V. Jasra is presentlythe Senior Vic President of Reliance Industries Limited .He was the Director grade scientist, in CSMCRI, Bhavnagar since Feb. 2002 to March 5, 2008. He worked as Deputy Director , CSMCRI, Bhavnagar since Feb. 1997 to Feb. 2002. He has 14 years of experience as a Scientist in R&D Center of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, Baroda and R&D Consultant to Kanoria Chemicals Industries Limited, 2006-2208. Published 281 research articles including Six Chapters in books and Seven Review articles published in national and international journals

Catalysis, Adsorption separation, Nanomaterials

S. Rtimi is a microbiologist with a strong background in chemistry and surfaces engineering. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL, Switzerland). He was investigating antibacterial coatings for healthcare acquired infections prevention and indoor hospital environment. He was already awarded a Doctorate in Biological Sciences from the University of Carthage (Tunisia). He started his career working on hospital wastewater disinfection by photo-active nanomaterials. In 2010, he was awarded a grant to work bilaterally between Tunisia and France (LCPME, CNRS, Université Henri-Poincaré) on antibacterial photoactive solids and microorganisms’ encapsulation in inorganic porous media. In 2011, he won the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship to join the Advanced Oxidation Processes Group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). His work focused on the development of fast antibacterial ultrathin films on medical devices and the mechanistic considerations behind this disinfection activity. He is expert in coupling nanostructures for targeted biological response at the solid-air-interface. With an h-index of 13, he published more than 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, patents, several book chapters and presented numerous communications at international meetings.

Nano-material synthesis, Antibacterial surfaces/implants, Thin films synthesis, Magnetron Sputtering (MS), High Power Impulse MS deposition, Surface characterization, Colloids, and interfaces, Cell-Nanoparticle interactions

Dr. K. G. Kanade, born on 2nd June 1963 at a remote place in Maharashtra, India, holds a Ph. D. in Chemistry for the research from Pune University in2007. The Ph. D. Thesis has received G.C. Jain Thesis award by Material Research Society of India in 2008. He has received International Research Fellow award for one year at KRICT, Daejeon, South Korea in 2005, nominated for Commonwealth Fellowship. He has 27 years Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching experience. His research interests include Nanomaterial Synthesis, Development of Visible Light Photocatalyst to Renewal of Hydrogen energy, Nanostructured catalyst to degradation of organic waste, Synthesis of ferrite materials, Gas sensor materials. He has 31 publications in international and 11 in national journals to his credit. Four research articles out of these have been ranked among the top 25 Hottest and most downloaded article with more number of citations. For research H-index 12 and i-10 index-11. One has completed and four Research scholars are pursuing Ph. D. research under his supervision. I had been successfully shouldered various academic and administrative responsibilities. Presently as Principal at Yashavantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara, Maharashtra, India

Nanomaterial Synthesis, Development of Visible Light Photocatalyst to Renewal of Hydrogen energy, Nanostructured catalyst to degradation of organic waste, Synthesis of ferrite materials, Gas sensor materials

Heriberto Pfeiffer was born in Mexico in 1971. He completed a BSc in chemistry at Universidad de Guanajuato in 1995. Then, in 1997 and 20101 he obtained a Masters and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Heriberto had two different postdoctoral positions at University of Cambridge and Ecole Polytechnique de la Universite de Nantes. In 2005 he got a permanent position at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Sorption and catalytic processes for energetic and environmental applications, such as CO2 capture and its possible conversion to added value products; different catalytic processes (reforming of organic molecules, CO oxidation-chemisorption process as a possible syngas separation, NOx reduction and H2 production),in high temperature dense membranes for CO2 separation and biodiesel production using different basic heterogeneous catalysts.

Dr. Bal’zhinimaev completed his doctorate at the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis in 1978. Then, he studied successfully the light olefin epoxidation and SO2 oxidation. Starting from 1991 as a head of research group he performed a number R&D projects related to light paraffins activation, acid catalysis, application of novel materials like glass fiber in oxidative and environmental catalysis. Dr. Bal’zhinimaev was Member of Editorial Board of Green Chemistry, Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry, Journal of Energy Chemistry. He is member of Russian Mendeleev Chemical Society, ACS, Scientific Council on Catalysis of Russian Academy of Sciences.

Light paraffin activation, acid catalysis, application of novel materials like glass fiber in oxidative and environmental catalysis

Ph.D. (1975) Physical Chemistry; PDF (1976-78) Radiation Laboratory, Uni. Of Notre Dame; Reader(1978-83) Dept. of Chemistry, Uni. of Madras; Prof. & Head (1983-2005) Dept. Energy, Uni. of Madras; Visiting Scientist (1980-82) Max-Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry, Mulheim, Germany; European Economic Community Senior Scientist (1990-1991) Max-Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry, Mulheim, Germany; Visiting Prof.(1992-93),Concordia University, Canada; Guest Researcher (1993-94) NIST, USA; JSPS(Japan) Visiting Scientist for 3 months(1998) at National Industrial Research Institute, Nagoya; Visiting Scientist (2 months in 2002) Swiss Federal Institute, Lausanne; Visiting Scientist (2 months in 2003) Hahn- Meitner-Institute Berlin; Vice-Chancellor (2005-08) Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Inidia; Wilsmore Fellow (2008) Melbourne University, Australia

Fast reactions, Radiation chemistry, Photocatalysis, Solar cells

Dr. Irshad Ahmad is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry (2006) from Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute/ Bhavnagar University. He attended Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, S. Korea; Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Science Research Center, University of Oklahoma, USA as an invited scientist and postdoctoral research associate respectively. His research area is asymmetric catalysis for organic transformation, supramolecular chemistry, nanotechnology and pharmaceutical chemistry.

Asymmetric catalysis for organic transformation, supramolecular chemistry, nanotechnology and pharmaceutical chemistry.

Dr. K. K. Pant is currently Professor in chemical engineering department at Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Delhi. He has published more than 60 papers in various international research journals and currently actively engaged in research areas of application of heterogeneous catalysis for greener environment, catalytic hydrocarbon conversion process, hydrogen fuel generation from renewable energy sources, and biomass conversion and utilization. He is reviewer of several international journals and also the member of several chemical engineering professional societies.

Heterogeneous Green Catalytic Processes for Hydrocarbon Conversion, Bio-fuels

Raja Al Otaibi graduated from King Saud University (BSc) in general chemistry in 2000, and then went on to obtain a MSc in catalysis from the University of Liverpool in 2005. He obtained his PhD in heterogeneous catalysis from the Cardiff University in 2010 working in the field of heterogeneous catalysis for alkane oxidation. Raja became an assistant research professor in the Petrochemical Research Institute in KACST. His research interests are primarily centered around heterogeneous catalysis and, particularly, the explanation of structure-activity relationships in oxidation reactions catalyzed by metal oxide catalysts. Development of new catalysts for selective oxidation reactions, focusing on utilization of short-chain alkanes, aromatics and bio-renewables. Improved methodologies for preparing catalysts and characterization of catalysts using a broad range of analytical techniques and in situ methodologies. He published several journal and conference papers.

Development of new catalysts for selective oxidation reactions, focusing on utilization of short-chain alkanes, aromatics and bio-renewables. Improved methodologies for preparing catalysts and characterization of catalysts using a broad range of analytical techniques and in situ methodologies.

Mohammad Mozahar Hossain is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Sciences at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. He graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, completed a Master's degree from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia and received his PhD degree from The University of Western Ontario, Canada, all in Chemical Engineering. Mozahar Hossain is a professional engineer, currently registered with Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada. He is an Editorial Board member of International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering.

catalysis/chemical reaction engineering, petroleum refining, petrochemicals and chemical-looping combustion (CLC-carbon dioxide capture).